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MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 4

Happy Festive season! We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase some festive designs and products they have created for the season. Here is part 4. See all the festive showcase posts here as they unfold. *** Kari Percival I printed up this wood cut, “Home” just in time for the holidays. A cut away view shows the inside a beaver lodge in winter under the snow. A family member who is returning from a swim greets family members snug inside. This hand carved wood cut is printed by hand with water based inks on acid-free paper. It’s 14″ x 17″. PokeweedInk Print Shop is on Etsy HERE I’ve taken MATS Bootcamp and GTS both 2015 and 2016, and I completed the MATS Children’s Book Illustration class. The classes have helped me evolve by providing an active, international on-line community of

Announcing the Winners of the Sugar Plum Fairy Cover Competition

Ta da! Zoe Tucker, children’s book art director, and I are delighted to announce that Isabelle Follath was selected from hundreds of submissions as the winner of our Sugar Plum Fairy Book Competition. Congratulations, Isabelle! The assignment was to create a book cover for the imaginary title The Sugar Plum Fairy’s Adventure “Isabelle hits many key notes that art directors look for when commissioning a children’s book illustrator: A beautiful style that is consistent throughout the piece Lovely color palette. It’s fairly monochromatic (shades of pinks and violets) with pops of blue, white and yellow An interesting story told on the cover. The boy has assembled a pile of books and boxes from which to reach the candy shelf An animated main character (reaching, stretching). One can immediately spot the main character–he pops off the page Charming supplemental characters–the dog is interacting with the boy There are lots of little

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MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 3

Happy Festive season! We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase some festive designs and products they have created for the season. Here is part 3. See all the festive showcase posts here as they unfold. *** CARRIE CHAPKO I created this pattern for a local Wisconsin shop to be used on holiday gift wrap. It features watercolor icons in a Wisconsin Christmas theme. I have since had a request to create a version for Montana too! More info and to purchase here MATS classes have helped me tremendously in finding my style and feeling more confident in it! Deciding to take these classes was the best thing I ever did for my art career, I am so grateful for them. Working alongside a talented bunch of artists and illustrators from around the world has also helped, I value all the

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MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 2

Happy Festive season! We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase some festive designs and products they have created for the season. Here is part 2. See all the festive showcase posts here as they unfold. ***  KAREN VERMEULEN It’s Christmas time again! this little birdie is a little surprised to find that it’s that time of the year again. A folksy robin with a big questioning eyeball in a snowy landscape will be on greeting cards and gift tags for sale at markets in Cape Town, for more details or mail orders please contact me through my website. I took Mats A self paced and I did some of my favourite work through a class project. Mats taught me a different approach and allowed my illustration work to go up a few levels. I’m hoping to create more work I’m

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MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 1

Happy Festive season! We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase some festive designs and products they have created for the season. Here is part 1. *** JESS RACKLYEFT | JESSESMESS A design for a Christmas card based on a MATS assignment involving Christmas cookies! I’ve taken Children’s books, bootcamp, Home Decor and MATS A and B. MATS has been a major contributor to my artistic growth this year, I’ve pushed my boundaries and professionalism through the classes. I’ve also built a whole array of new work for my portfolio and some of this has ended up in card designs, home decor products and other client projects. See more work here: Website *** FRANCESCA IANNACCONE Set of 8 Holiday cards. I have taken Bootcamp over the last 3 years. I sign up because it gives me such an amazing amount of new

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***Deadline extended*** Win a place on ‘Illustrating Children’s Books’

Would you like to win a free place on our hugely popular course ‘Illustrating Children’s Books? The class will run again in January 2017, and we are offering two free spots, worth £399, for creating an awesome children’s book cover based on the assignment below. *** THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY’S ADVENTURE Assignment: Create a children’s book cover for the book title “The Sugar Plum Fairy’s Adventure”. Be as creative as you like! Be you with a vengeance. WHO CAN ENTER: All levels are welcome! Everyone is welcome! (you do not need to have taken a MATS class to enter) Let’s have some fun! If you have not taken the Illustrating Children’s Book course, check out our FREE 5 part video series to give you some insight and some tips. THERE WILL BE TWO WINNERS: Lilla and Zoe will choose as follows: Best in Show Random Pick JUDGING CRITERIA —Character design

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5 Reasons to Take Another Make Art That Sells course

You may have heard by now … We’re having our BIGGEST sale of the year! This massive sale has discounts from 30%–50% off ALL courses. Now’s the time to scoop up those courses you’ve been waiting to take, or dive deeper into a course you’ve already taken—with fresh new content. 5 Reasons to Take Another Make Art That Sells course: Best Sale of the Year! Now’s the time to jump in! You already know how it works with the 5 weeks of structured assignments so you can really flourish the second time around. All NEW trend boards for the Home Décor class co-taught with Art Director Margo Tantau AND All NEW texts for the Illustrating Children’s Books course co-taught with Art Director Zoe Tucker Bootcamp will have the freshest, most fun trends in the business and has some fantastic surprises in store for you! You will be back with the

MANI2016 ABIGAIL HALPIN Make Art That Sells Manifesto Monday 2016 {part 13}

Manifesto Monday 2016 {part 13}

Welcome to Manifesto Monday, where we share some of the Manifesto artwork submitted by our Make Art That Sells Alumni. Would you like to experience the Make Art That Sells class yourself? Browse our live and self-paced classes here *** ALISON DAY Currently, I am taking part in the MATS Bootcamp 2016. The community’s great and the assignments are inspirational. This course has led me to re-think how I approach an assignment. Generally, I over think things – the mini challenges are a super way to loosen up and think out of the box! ***  BETHANY WRIGHT| ILLUSTRATION BY B I have taken MATS Bootcamp and it is my first MATS course. I wish I had heard of your courses before! I have thoroughly enjoyed being carried along in the MATS whirlwind of an experience. The online community is amazing and I have never felt such a strong drive to

dream up and draw it Make Art That Sells Enter our Competition: Win a place on the Illustrating Childrens Book course

Enter our Competition: Win a place on the Illustrating Childrens Book course

Would you like to win a free place on our hugely popular course ‘Illustrating Children’s Books? The class will run again in January 2017, and we are offering two free spots, worth £399, for creating an awesome children’s book cover based on the assignment below. *** THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY’S ADVENTURE Assignment: Create a children’s book cover for the book title “The Sugar Plum Fairy’s Adventure”. Be as creative as you like! Be you with a vengeance. WHO CAN ENTER: All levels are welcome! Everyone is welcome! (you do not need to have taken a MATS class to enter) Let’s have some fun! If you have not taken the Illustrating Children’s Book course, check out our FREE 5 part video series to give you some insight and some tips. THERE WILL BE TWO WINNERS: Lilla and Zoe will choose as follows: Best in Show Random Pick JUDGING CRITERIA —Character design

MANI2016 MARENTHE OTTEN Make Art That Sells Manifesto Monday 2016 {part 12}

Manifesto Monday 2016 {part 12}

Welcome to Manifesto Monday, where we share some of the Manifesto artwork submitted by our Make Art That Sells Alumni. Would you like to experience the Make Art That Sells class yourself? Browse our live and self-paced classes here *** MARENTHE OTTEN  |  MARENTHE I have taken MATS A, Home decor and Bootcamp. I think it’s all written in my manifesto: I’ve been put through my paces and have emerged inspired, guided and refocused. I’ve learned so very very much and the most important thing of all: I’ve got my MOJO BACK! At the time Marenthe said she was thinking of taking part in 2016 Global Talent Search. We are so glad she did as she won and is now represented by Lilla Rogers Studio. Read more here ***  SANDRINE MONNIER I have taken Bootcamp twice, MATS B, Home decor and entered the Global Talent Search. All theses courses help